What’s it about?
The history of video games is, quite frankly, mad. Atari was an American company with a Japanese name, and the Japanese company Sega was founded by an American. Magnavox, arguably the first video games company, is owned by Phillips, now over 100 years old. Nintendo is around 100 years old too. Sony, on the other hand, was known for being an electronic jack of all trades until it devised the PlayStation - its biggest-selling product of all time! This zone helps learners to understand current technology and the latest gadgets/consoles in the historical context from which they have developed.
Key points:
- What were the roots of the industry?
- Arcade machines
- Groundbreaking games - Space Invaders, Pac man, Pong, Tetris etc.
- Pioneers - individuals and companies of the age
- Development of consoles and cartridge games - from Intellivision to X-Box
How do I find each section?
Tutorial - Find the console structure
Quiz - Talk to the woman in the long black skirt
Game - Launch from the space invaders coffee table
Curriculum mapping
| SLIr/E3.6 |
Respond to a range of questions about familiar topics. |
| Rt/E3.1 |
Trace and understand the main events of chronological, continuous descriptive and explanatory texts of more than one paragraph. |
| Rt/E3.8 |
Obtain specific information through detailed reading. |
| Rt/E3.9 |
Relate an image to print and use it to obtain meaning. |
| Rt/L1.4 |
Use organisational and structural features to locate information (e.g., contents, index, menus, subheadings and paragraphs). |
| Rw/E3.1 |
Recognise and understand relevant specialist key words. |
| SLIr/L1.6 |
Respond to questions on a range of topics. |
| Rt/L1.5 |
Use different reading strategies to find and obtain information. |
| Rt/L1.3 |
Identify the main points and specific detail, and infer meaning from images which is not explicit in the text. |
